1.   Crime rates have great importance for the government.

2.   He warned that any more favourable rate would have inflationary consequences which would cause the Bundesbank to step hard on the monetary brakes.

3.   The nominal rate of interest has two components.

4.   Analysts say the rates will have to come down if a global agreement is to be successful and if global competition in telecommunications is to thrive.

5.   Analysts said the political turmoil could negate the benefit that a lower inflation rate may have on the Italian bond market.

6.   And he says rising rates may have an impact on some housing-related retailers, like Home Depot.

7.   And to keep the money flowing, vaccination rates have to improve or the aid goes elsewhere.

8.   As the overnight loan rate has risen, investors have started to wonder whether that determination might be fading.

9.   At some point, the stable rates here will have to change, since half the electricity comes from natural gas.